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SUMMARY:Open First Friday: Built Different - Gina Gaiser
DESCRIPTION:Built Different is a black-and-white photography series by Gina Gaiser that examines the logic embedded in the urban landscape. Focusing on brickwork\, graffiti\, industrial surfaces\, and architectural grids\, Gaiser isolates fragments of the built environment and reframes them as studies in repetition\, contrast\, and form. Stripped of color\, the images emphasize structure and rhythm\, allowing overlooked details to surface with clarity. When assembled\, the photographs converge into larger visual systems\, revealing order within what might otherwise register as visual noise. Built Different reflects on construction in multiple senses\, of cities\, of environments\, and of perception itself\, proposing that heightened attention to pattern and geometry is not deviation\, but insight. \nApril 3 – May 9\, 2026\nArtist Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 3-5 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, April 3 & May 1\, 5-8 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/open-first-friday-built-different-gina-gaiser/2026-04-03/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Who Am I?" portraits by Leslie Plato Smith
DESCRIPTION:For March we are honored to feature the work of local Bay Area artist Leslie Plato Smith\, in her latest show entitled\, “Who Am I?” \n“We are living in turbulent times. We are questioning our values\, beliefs\, and education. Our national leaders prove to be untrustworthy\, as the media feeds misleading narratives. Our history feels as uncertain as our future. We are having difficulty finding common ground\, the truth\, and what we stand for. Conflict is everywhere. Everyone is asking themselves: “Who Am I?” \nArtist Bio:\nChoctaw\, Viking\, AVChancellor\, Governmental Relations\, emerita. Highlights: national award for bringing together 60 art departments\, creating 125 life-size statues showing how budget cuts negatively impact access and opportunity\, democracy and upward mobility; European Cultural Centre’s Venice Biennale: “Who Are We?”; Spotlight Artist for Richmond Art Center\, “Vulnerability;” “Clay Sustains: Vessels of Change” Palo Alto Art Center. \nPlato Smith’s grandfather was born on the Choctaw Reservation and her orphaned grandmother was born to immigrant parents from Denmark and Sweden. Migration\, immigration\, resettlement and environment/wildlife are key themes that resonate through her creative practice and professional work. She is very committed to acknowledgement of ALL LIFE. Her mother\, Lee Plato Smith\, educated at California School of Fine Arts\, taught her to draw off the edge and never be afraid of making mistakes. \nMarch 6th – 28th\, 2026\nFirst Friday reception: March 6th 5-10pm \nHours:\nSaturdays 1-5pm\nEvery first Friday of the month 5-9pm\notherwise by appointment
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/who-am-i/
LOCATION:FM Gallery\, 483 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open First Friday: One Thing Leads to Another -- Gina Borg & Patrick Crotty
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the First Friday art walk in Uptown Oakland! Up now\, One Thing Leads to Another\, is a two-person exhibition featuring Oakland-based painter Gina Borg and San Leandro–based artist and designer Patrick Crotty. Bringing together painting and marquetry\, the exhibition highlights two distinct practices shaped by close attention to materials\, process\, and the evolving language of making. Together\, their work creates a dialogue between gesture and construction\, surface and structure\, where each decision leads to the next and the process becomes a visible chain of connections. \nFebruary 21 – March 28\, 2026\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Friday\, March 6\, 5-8 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/open-first-friday-one-thing-leads-to-another-gina-borg-patrick-crotty/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fourwalls – new works by Mike Texada at mighty mighty studio
DESCRIPTION:Opening February 6th 5:00 – 8:00 pm at Mighty Mighty studio \nMike Texada – Foruwalls \nFour Walls invites the audience into the foundational practices of MATTE Universe worldbuilding. This exhibition dives into the origins of reoccurring themes in the artist’s work such as Camoism and the Gatekeepers. Artistically\, Four Walls showcases the creative pillars of Texada’s practice using multiple mediums and techniques such as digital illustration\, mixed media oil paintings\, Hand-painted 3D collectibles\, and creative writing to emphasize his ever-expanding vision. \n​ \nBIO: \nMike Texada is a self-taught mixed media artist working in an abstract style he calls Camoism\, a visual language rooted in the interconnectedness of all things. Through colorful\, camouflage-like sequences\, his work explores themes of history\, philosophy\, worldbuilding\, and identity\, inviting viewers to consider how meaning emerges through connection.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/fourwalls-new-works-by-mike-texada-at-mighty-mighty-studio/
LOCATION:Mighty Mighty Studio\, 480 23rd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open First Friday: Between Here and There – Wayne Armstrong
DESCRIPTION:Manna Gallery is pleased to present Between Here and There\, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Oakland-based artist Wayne Armstrong. Grounded in a lifelong fascination with the California landscape\, these recent works reflect Armstrong’s ongoing exploration of the state’s rich visual possibilities. Using color\, pattern\, and spatial divisions unique to the region\, his paintings move between the memory of a place and the lived reality of a space. Infused with warmth\, humor\, and imagination\, the work reflects Armstrong’s enduring sense of curiosity and gratitude—“How lucky am I\,” he writes\, “to always find something in these environments to inspire me.” \nJanuary 10 – February 14\, 2026\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/open-first-friday-between-here-and-there-wayne-armstrong/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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